Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey becomes professor at UT

Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university’s Department of Radio-Television-Film. (MGN/file)

AUSTIN, Tex. (AP) – Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConaughey will join the University of Texas as a professor who this fall will teach in the university’s Department of Radio-Television-Film.

McConaughey has been a visiting instructor at
the flagship campus in Austin since 2015 and the university said in a
statement Wednesday that the appointment recognizes his “outstanding
work as a teacher and mentor.”

He will continue teaching a Script to Screen film production class for which he developed the course curriculum.

The university says McConaughey is respected for his “willingness to work with students beyond the classroom.”

McConaughey earned a film degree from the school in 1993.

He’s appeared in more than 50 films,
including “Dazed and Confused,” ”The Wolf of Wall Street” and “Dallas
Buyers Club,” for which he won an Oscar and Golden Globe for his leading
role.

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